In this study the investigators aimed to compare of postoperative analgesic effects of intravenous dexketoprofen trometamol and tenoxicam in lumbar disc surgery.
Lumbar disc surgery is associated with moderate to severe back and radicular pain postoperatively which has unfavorable effects on patients recovery and procedures outcome. Dexketoprofen has been reported to be one of the NSAİDs that can provide good results when compared with narcotics in many painful conditions and especially in the treatment of the moderate to severe postoperative pain that may develop after lumbal disc surgery. Tenoxicam is a thienothiazine derivative of the oxicam class of NSAİDs. There are some studies in which NSAİDs have been used to together with opioids for postoperative analgesia showing that they decrease opioid consumption and side effects
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
90
before end of the surgery via intravenous administration 50 mg dexketoprofen trometamol in 0.9 % NaCl 100 cc
before the end of the surgery via administration intravenous 20 mg tenoxicam in 0.9% NaCl in 100 cc
before end of the surgery via administration intravenous 0.9 % NaCl 100 cc
Erciyes Universty Hospital
Kayseri, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGanalgesic consumption
morphine consumption (patient control analgesia procedure) was recorded
Time frame: postoperative 1 day
visual analog scale
visual analog scale on rest and movement was recorded
Time frame: postoperative 1 day
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